Egyptians in
the streets chanted, "The people want the downfall of the Brotherhood and Morsi"
and "Leave, leave Morsi and Badie," referring to the Muslim
Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie.—Photo
by Mai Shaheen in Cairo, Egypt

by Joseph
EarnestDecember
7, 2012

Newscast
Media CAIRO, Egypt—Hundreds of protesters have been arriving in Tahrir Square since early
morning in preparation for mass rallies against President Morsi's
constitutional declaration and the draft constitution. Seventeen marches are expected to begin after Friday prayers from
venues around Cairo including Giza, Tahrir Square, Abbaseya and a number
of mosques. They will converge on the presidential palace in
Heliopolis.

The protest has been variously termed 'Friday to oust the Brotherhood's
militias', 'Red Card Friday', and 'Ultimatum Friday'. Around
twenty-one groups have announced their participation in the protests.

Hundreds of protesters have been holding a sit-in in Tahrir Square
since 22 November when President Morsi's constitutional declaration
rendered his decisions above judicial challenge and made the
Islamist-dominated Shura Council and Constituent Assembly immune from
dissolution by court order.

Protesters marched around Tahrir Square early Friday
chanting, "The people want the downfall of the Brotherhood and Morsi"
and "Leave, leave Morsi and Badie," referring to the Muslim
Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie.

Demostrators
pray at noon before they descend upon the presidential palace

—Photo
by Mai Shaheen in Cairo, Egypt

Sounding
the drumbeats, Egyptians wage war against Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.